“TAKING THE FIFTH” PART V WHEN YOUR “POLICE TESTIMONY” IS COMPELLED IN A CIVIL ACTION
This will be the final Part of a five-part treatise examining the application of the Fifth Amendment’s right against self-incrimination to police officers whose official-capacity conduct comes under scrutiny in some forum, which presents the possibility of...
WAIVER OF MIRANDA FOR OFF-DUTY CONDUCT
In an unpublished decision, the California Appeals Court affirmed a trial court’s decision upholding the dismissal of a deputy for an off-duty use of force, based in part on the deputy’s own voluntary statements to criminal investigators, where there was “no... 